Green Wood
Green Wood is a forest in Kirkland, Wyre District, England. Green Wood is situated nearby to the village Churchtown, as well as near Bowgreave.Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenhalgh Castle and St Helen’s Church, Churchtown.
Greenhalgh Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenhalgh Castle is a castle, now ruined, near the town of Garstang in Lancashire, England. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, had the castle built in 1490 to provide defence for his estates around Garstang.
St Helen’s Church, Churchtown
Church
Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Helen's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Churchtown in Lancashire, England. Historically, it was the parish church of Garstang; today, as Garstang is split into more than one ecclesiastical parish, St Helen's parish is Garstang St Helen.
Church of St Mary and St Michael, Bonds
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary and St Michael is in the village of Bonds, to the south of Garstang, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic church in the diocese of Lancaster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garstang and Calder Vale.
Garstang
Town
Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is 10 miles north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster.
Calder Vale
Hamlet
Photo: Brian Houghton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calder Vale is an English village, located on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. It lies on the River Calder in a deep valley with only a single cul-de-sac providing vehicular access.
Green Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Kirkland, Wyre District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.8813° or 53° 52′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.7865° or 2° 47′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C5VV6J7+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 107573552OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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